Greece tour

Orthodox priest
Originally uploaded by Lye Hock.

Early this month we went on a tour of Greece under Globus. As we were in Athens before the start of the tour, we had the chance to wander around the city on our own.

I had before the trip got the Nikon D700 and despite its heft, it had to be brought along to test its capabilty. Wanting to sniper some street scenes, I got the Nikkor 70-300VR to accompany the camera. You can check out some of the street shots here, mostly in Syntagma Square and the nearby Plaka area.

Nikon D700 !

The Portrait
Originally uploaded by -stockie-.

Bit the bullet and went full frame last weekend...hello available light photography and goodbye flash!

For starters, the viewfinder is great and low noise in high iso means I'll be getting more shots than before even in not so good light. Will be using the existing 35, 50 & 85 lenses for the time being until I get the 1st of the "holy trinity" i.e. the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8.

ISO 6400 on Nikon D700

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Originally uploaded by dpnikon.

This is what ISO6400 looks like on a Nikon D700. Absolutely amazing. Digital noise is hardly noticeable. D3 sensor on a smaller body at 2/3 the price....

A Nite of Broadway

AD2008-01
Originally uploaded by Lye Hock.

That was the theme of my company's annual dinner held earlier this month. As usual, the colors and energy seen in the event was awesome!

More pictures in my Flickr gallery here.

AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

New lens
Originally uploaded by Lye Hock.

Got this mid-range walkabout lens recently. Seems to be much sharper at all focal lengths as compared to the Nikkor 18-200 VR. It doesn't do any zoom creep either. A definite plus point. Pity it's a DX lens though.